PREMIER - De Bruyne opens up about his relationship with Mourinho at Chelsea

14.11.2021 14:50 of  A.R. TransferMarketWeb   see readings
PREMIER - De Bruyne opens up about his relationship with Mourinho at Chelsea
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Like Romelu Lukaku (28), Chelsea failed to exploit the full potential of Kevin De Bruyne (30) during his stint at Stamford Bridge (2012-2014, 1 assist in 9 appearances ) at the beginning of his career.

During his stay with the Blues, the Manchester City midfielder has known no less than 4 coaches: André Villas-Boas, Roberto Di Matteo, Rafael Benitez and especially José Mourinho.

Guest of the Play Sports podcast recently, the Red Devil took the opportunity to discuss his relationship with the 58-year-old Portuguese technician, towards whom he visibly has no resentment.

"I never spoke to Mourinho about the reasons why I was not used all the time," KDB said at first, in comments reported by Het Nieuwsblad, before continuing. “I trained hard, I showed good things. But it's a myth that if you train well, you have a better chance of playing football. This is not true. When I realized I wasn't going to play anymore, I loosened my grip a little in training, then I learned to behave differently.

I saw no way out of this situation. I just wanted to leave. But I don't hate Mourinho, I'm not a child. It just didn't work.” No hard feelings, but a touch of bitterness, therefore, towards the current coach of AS Roma.